Industrial Machine Image Merging With Timestamped State Overlays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems struggle to accurately understand the operation state of industrial machines by combining images and data, requiring additional processing on the client side, which increases development man-hours and load.
Innovation Solution
An image generation system that generates and combines images and subtitle data on the server side, using a first and second data storage unit, subtitle data creation, search processing, and output units to facilitate understanding of industrial machine states without dedicated client-side functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If image combination processing is performed on the client side, then the system can display industrial machine state information, but the development man-hours and processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional client-side processing approach by implementing image combination processing on the server side instead. The server receives individual images from multiple cameras, combines them into a composite image, and transmits the result to the client terminal, thereby reducing client-side processing complexity while maintaining display functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary between the camera system and the client terminal. It receives raw images from cameras, performs the combination processing, and delivers the processed composite image to the client, thereby shielding the client from processing complexity
2Quantity of substance
If multiple images are combined to understand industrial machine state, then information completeness improves, but the accuracy of operation state understanding may deteriorate due to synchronization issues
Solution Approach 1:
The server performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and combining images from multiple cameras before transmission. It synchronizes and combines the images based on their acquisition timestamps, ensuring that the composite image represents a consistent moment in time, thereby maintaining accuracy while providing complete information
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual or client-side image synchronization mechanisms with server-side automated timestamp-based synchronization. The server uses acquisition timestamps embedded in each image to automatically align and combine images from different cameras, eliminating the need for complex client-side synchronization logic
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AI summary
An image generation device includes: a merging unit merging first image data pertaining to a state of an industrial machine and data indicating an internal state of the industrial machine as image data; a first data storage storing the image data merged by the merging unit, in association with a date and time at which the first image data was acquired or a date and time at which the data indicating the internal state of the industrial machine was acquired; a second data storage storing second image data pertaining to a different state of the industrial machine than that of the first image data, in association with a date and time at which the second image data was acquired; and an output unit outputting, in response to an external request, the image data stored in the first data storage or the second image data stored in the second data storage.